Sijoy Varghese

Sijoy Varghese
Born	Sijoy Varghese (1975-03-06) 6 March 1975 Edappally, Kerala
Alma mater	Sacred Heart College, Thevara
Occupation	Film actor, Ad Film Director
Years active	1994–present
Spouse(s)	Tessy Raphel (1999–present)
Children	Adithya, Amy, Annie, Anthony

Sijoy Varghese (born 6 March 1975) is a popular Indian actor & Ad film Maker.^[1] He is the Managing Director at TVC Factory - an Ad Film production house which operates in Mumbai, Kochi and Dubai.^[2] Sijoy Varghese is also the General Secretary for I AM - Indian AdFilm Makers Association (Kerala Chapter).^[3]

Sijoy Varghese,^[4] who brings in an experience of 20 years in various roles, related to advertising and feature films, has accomplished himself as one of the leading ad film makers in the industry today. Sijoy Varghese is also an actor who has performed notable characters in Malayalam films like Bangalore Days, Avatharam and James & Alice.^{[5][6][7][8][9]}

Early life

He was born in Edappally, Kochi to (Late) C. Varghese Kelamparambil (Rtd Headmaster) and (Late) Leelamma Varghese (Teacher). He studied at the Sacred Heart College, Thevara before commencing his career in the film and Ad film industry. He married Tessy Raphel in 1999. The couple has four children — Adithya, Amy, Annie & Anthony.

Career

A career that started off as a young Asst Director, Sijoy has been fortunate to have worked with leading Ad film production houses of India. In the year 2005, he found his own production house "TVC Factory",^[10] which has now grown to secure the privilege of being one of the most trusted production houses in India and UAE. Sijoy Varghese is also an actor who has performed notable characters in Malayalam films like Bangalore Days, Avatharam & James & Alice.

Film

He started his acting career in 2013 with the role of a Police commissioner in Martin Prakkat’s ABCD along with Dulquer Salmaan. He indulged in further experimentation with Amal Neerad Production’s 5 Sundarikal^[11](2013). He wrote ‘Isha’ with the co-writer Sidharth Bharathan for Sameer Thahir in the much appreciated anthology. After his villainous Cabinet Minister for Thira by Vineeth Sreenivasan,^[12] he did a well notable role in Anjali Menon's movie Bangalore Days as Coach Zach, for which his character got huge fan flowing. Later, he did the same role of the coach to Arya in the Tamil remake named Bangalore Naatkal.^[13] Then he appeared on screen as ACP Gautam Viswanath along with Dileep in director Joshiy's Avatharam for which his character got appreciation by critics and public in general. His characters in Mammooty starer RajadhiRaja as Gangster Chandru, Ayal Njanalla as Manaf, Jamna Pyari^[14] as Vasu were also made a remarkable appearance in those movies. In 2016 he portrayed St. Peter in Sujith Vasudev's debut movie James & Alice, for which he garnered critical acclaim for his style of acting.

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role	Director	Language	Notes
2013	ABCD	Commissioner Benny Thomas	Martin Prakkat	Malayalam
2013	Thira[15]	Home Minister Alex	Vineeth Sreenivasan	Malayalam
2013	5 Sundarikal		Sameer Thahir	Malayalam	Story & Scriptwriter - Isha
2014	Bangalore Days	Coach Zach	Anjali Menon	Malayalam
2014	Avatharam[16]	ACP Gautam Viswanath	Joshiy	Malayalam
2014	RajadhiRaja	Gangster Chandru	Ajay Vasudev	Malayalam
2015	Ayal Njanalla	Manaf	Vineeth Kumar	Malayalam
2015	Jamna Pyari	Vasu	Thomas Sebastian	Malayalam
2016	Bangalore Naatkal	Coach Zach	Bhaskar	Tamil
2016	James & Alice	St.Peter	Sujith Vaassudev	Malayalam
2016	Munnodi	ACP Soundarpandian	SPTA Kumar	Tamil	Post-Production
2016	Gemini	Dr Vijay Varma	PKB	Malayalam	Pre-Production

External links

• Sijoy Varghese at the Internet Movie Database

References